There are many reasons to report on silica interacting with biomolecules. The most obvious
one is that on the Earth's crust, oxygen and silicon are the most abundant atomic species …

Pyrite, FeS2, commonly referred to as “Fool's gold” is the most common sulfide in the Earth's
surface region. Not only is the mineral ubiquitous, but the reactivity of pyrite is of central …

The original Handbook of Surface and Interface Analysis: Methods for Problem-Solving was
based on the authors' firm belief that characterization and analysis of surfaces should be …

The original force field for clay materials (ClayFF) developed by Cygan et al.(J. Phys. Chem.
B 2004, 108, 1255) is modified to describe negative charging of the (101) quartz surface …

Density functional theory calculations were employed to investigate the (001),(210),(111),
and (110) surfaces of FeS2. The surface free energies were calculated in equilibrium with a …

The burial of organic carbon (OC) in sedimentary environments promotes long-term carbon
sequestration, which allows the release of oxygen in the atmosphere. Organo-mineral …

This review covers a wide range of surface analytical techniques: X-ray photoelectron
spectroscopy (XPS), scanning photoelectron microscopy (SPEM), photoemission electron …

Amino acids and nucleic acid bases are very important for the living organisms. Thus, their
protection from decomposition, selection, pre-concentration and formation of biopolymers …

A new photocatalytic system using anatase TiO 2 loaded onto pyrite FeS 2 (FeS 2/TiO 2)
was developed to enhance the production of hydrogen. The FeS 2 (3.0, 5.0, 10.0, and 15.0 …

Nonenzymatic RNA polymerization, a major challenge in understanding the origins of life on
early Earth, was previously achieved in the presence of montmorillonite clay and high …